Course material & Preparation

You need the followings to start the course. You can prepare and get a smooth start.

• Course book:
  Nisan and Schocken, "The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles" , MIT Press.
  It is possible to order the book at the larger Swedish online bookshops.
• Software:
  You can download the software tools from: http://www.nand2tetris.org/software.php. During the course you will use all the tools listed on the nand2tetris webpage.
• Compilers:
  Some projects will be done in C and/or Phyton. You need compilers for those.
• Project group:
  Students will be divided into 4 seminar groups. Within a seminar group, you will solve the projects in pairs. You select your pair, but pairs are then fixed for the entire course.